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Delta 4

Preview: Upgraded satellite for military communications to launch

December 5, 2016 Justin Ray

The backbone of the U.S. military’s global communications network, relied upon by soldiers, ships, jets, aerial drones and allied nations around the world, will receive a new satellite with unprecedented capacity following its launch Wednesday atop a Delta 4 rocket.

Atlas 5

Preview: Weather satellite to touch the lives of every American ready to launch

November 16, 2016 Justin Ray

A new generation of spacecraft with unprecedented clarity and speed to observe the weather, improve forecasting and enhance tracking of severe storms across the United States begins with the launch of an Atlas 5 rocket on Saturday.

Atlas 5

Preview: Atlas 5 and WorldView 4 ready to fly after wildfire delay

November 10, 2016 Justin Ray

The belated launch of a powerful Earth-imaging satellite that will take the highest resolution pictures in the market, postponed by an unprecedented wildfire near the pad, is scheduled to fly on Friday.

Atlas 5

Idled by Range facility rework for months, Vandenberg ready to launch again Friday

September 14, 2016 Justin Ray

Resuming space launches from the U.S. Western Range at Vandenberg Air Force Base in California after a half-year infrastructure outage, an Atlas 5 rocket will boost a commercial Earth-imaging bird into orbit on Friday.

Atlas 5

Preview: NASA craft launches Thursday seeking the seeds of life on asteroid

September 5, 2016 Justin Ray

What began as a concept scribbled on a cocktail napkin in a Tucson bar 12 years ago — sending a spacecraft to an asteroid and retrieving a pristine sample to bring back to Earth for study — becomes reality Thursday with the launch of NASA’s OSIRIS-REx mission.

Delta 4

Preview: Two space informants to be launched to geosynchronous orbit

August 16, 2016 Justin Ray

The Air Force will launch a second pair of small security probes 22,300 miles above the Earth using a Delta 4 rocket on Friday to alert ground controllers of impending space collisions and monitor potential meddling with U.S. orbiting assets.

Atlas 5

Preview: New satellite for spy agency awaits launch into space Thursday

July 26, 2016 Justin Ray

An Atlas 5 rocket carrying a classified national security satellite was rolled to the launch pad this morning for Thursday’s flight to bolster the U.S. intelligence-gathering space architecture.

Atlas 5

Preview: Atlas 5 launching MUOS 5 for mobile forces across all branches of U.S. military

June 21, 2016 Justin Ray

For the fifth time in four years, a massive U.S. Navy satellite will launch atop an Atlas 5 rocket on Friday to finish the military’s new $7.7 billion mobile communications framework 22,300 miles in space.

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Video: Juno’s countdown to Jupiter

June 17, 2016 Justin Ray

Scientists and officials preview NASA’s Juno spacecraft mission to explore the planet Jupiter in this news briefing detailing the orbit insertion maneuver on July 4.

Delta 4

Video: Animated preview of Delta 4-Heavy rocket ascent on NROL-37

June 10, 2016 Justin Ray

Narrated animation explains the United Launch Alliance Delta 4-Heavy rocket ascending to space with the NROL-37 mission for the National Reconnaissance Office through T+plus 6 minutes, 30 seconds before going into a news blackout.

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News Headlines

  • Launch of NASA’s Psyche asteroid mission slips a week due to spacecraft issue
    September 28, 2023
  • Soyuz lands safely in Kazakhstan to end record-breaking mission; Rubio: “It’s good to be home”
    September 27, 2023
  • Live coverage: Space station crew return to Earth after 371-day mission
    September 27, 2023
  • Rapid response Victus Nox launch success open new possibilities for Space Force, commercial space industry
    September 27, 2023
  • Two cosmonauts, NASA astronaut head for Wednesday landing after yearlong mission
    September 26, 2023
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